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  1. Blog Post

    Folklife Festival 2011: Smithsonian-Peace Corps Environmental Program

    • Date: July 7, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: The Smithsonian Folklife Festival will be held from June 30 to July 4 and July 7 to 11, 2011 on the National Mall. Read more about the history of the Folklife Festival here. At the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this year, the Peace Corps is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an Executive Order authorizing the Peace Corps to

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  3. Document

    SIA2011-0762

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      Torch 09/1979

      • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1979 Box 1 Folder 9

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    • A Window into the Grand Tour: Traveling in the Style of James Smithson

      • Date: December 4, 2012
      • Description: A new exhibition offers a chance to explore the world of Grand Tour travel in the late eighteenth century, similar to that experienced by the Smithsonian’s own founding donor, James Smithson.

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    • Blog Post

      See Here: 11/2/2010

      • Date: November 2, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="George S. Switzer, Division of Mineral Sciences Chairman, 1963-1968; Associate Curator, 1948-1956, standing at left, with Durward Howes seated at desk, and Associate Curator Paul Desautels standing to the right. Mr. Howes is looking at a collection of Mississippi freshwater pearls that he donated to the Smithsonian, April

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    • Authority Record/EAC

      Agency history, 1957-

      • Date: 1957 1957-
      • Creator: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

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    • National Academy of Sciences Meeting, Smithsonian Institution Building

      National Academy of Sciences Meeting, Smithsonian Institution Building

      • Date: April 1874
      • Creator: Unknown
      • Creator: Unknown

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    • National Academy of Sciences Meeting, Smithsonian Institution Building

      National Academy of Sciences Meeting, Smithsonian Institution Building

      • Date: April 1874
      • Creator: Unknown
      • Creator: Unknown

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    • Finding Aid

      SIA Acc. 17-255, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of Facilities Operations, Space and Facilities Files, 1960, 1971-2000

      • Date: 1971 1971-2000 1960, 1971-2000
      • Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Office of Facilities Operations
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      85-11396

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        SIA RU000070, Smithsonian Institution, Exposition Records of the Smithsonian Institution and the United States National Museum, 1867-1940

        • Date: 1867 1867-1940
        • Creator: Smithsonian Institution
        • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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        SC final cover

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